"Toi Māori Aotearoa Toi Maori Aotearoa (English: Māori Arts New Zealand) is a charitable trust that promotes Māori traditional arts and Māori artists, both in New Zealand and overseas. Much of Toi Maori's funding comes indirectly from the government, through Creative New Zealand, Te Puni Kōkiri, etc. Toi Maori receives major funding from Creative New Zealand(Arts Council of New Zealand)to retain networks of artists across a broad range of contemporary arts practice supported by a network of 10 national art form committees. Its activities are exemplified by national gatherings of artists where exhibitions, workshops, presentations, discussions and debates update artists"
"of six Asia-Pacific bears all exclusive to their countries. The name ""Aotearoa"" is the most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand. Aotearoa retired on June 15, 2006. Geographic Beanie Babies Geographic Beanie Babies refers to Beanie Baby dolls that were made exclusively for retail sale in the country they represented. The collection consists of approximately 50 named dolls representing 10 countries on 4 continents. The dolls can now be found on the secondary market outside their original country. Maple the Bear was the first Beanie Baby bear that was made in honor of Canada, and was sold"
"Akaroa Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for ""Long Harbour"", which would be spelled ""Whangaroa"" in standard Māori. The town is by road from Christchurch and is the terminus of State Highway 75. It is set on a sheltered harbour and is overlooked and surrounded by the remnants of a miocene volcano. Akaroa is entirely dependent upon rainfall on the hills. Akaroa is a popular resort town. Many Hector's dolphins may be"
"respectively. The king of Alo is Petelo Sea who is crowned in 2014. The three Kings are part of the government of the overseas collectivity. Culture of Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, an overseas territory of France in Oceania has a rich Polynesian culture that is very similar to the cultures of its neighbouring nations Samoa and Tonga. The Wallisian and Futunan cultures share very similar components in language, dance, cuisine and modes of celebration. Fishing and agriculture are the traditional practices and most people live in traditional ""fate"" houses in an oval shape made of thatch. Kava, as"
"British immigrants settled in both Akaroa and German Bay (Takamatua), along with many German farmers, who set up dairy, sheep and cocksfoot (""Dactylis glomerata"") farms. The great majority of the artifacts currently held at Akaroa Museum are of the early farming community and their way of life at the time. Akaroa Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for ""Long Harbour"", which would be spelled ""Whangaroa"" in standard Māori. The town is by"
"of Aoraki) for the South Island. Until the early 20th century, Māori also referred to the North Island as Aotearoa, (commonly translated as 'long white cloud'); in modern Māori usage this has become the name for the whole country. The first European visitor to New Zealand, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, named the islands ""Staten Landt"", believing it formed part of the land which Jacob Le Maire had seen off the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Hendrik Brouwer proved the supposedly South American land an island in 1643, and Dutch cartographers subsequently renamed Tasman's discovery ""Nova Zeelandia,"" from Latin, after the"
"ao!"" (a cloud! a cloud!). Great Barrier Island was therefore named Aotea (white cloud), and the long mainland Aotearoa (long white cloud). When Kupe finally returned to his homeland his people asked him why he did not call the newly discovered country after his fatherland. He replied, 'I preferred the warm breast to the cold one, the new land to the old land long forsaken'."" William Trethewey produced the statuary for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition that was held in 1939/40 in Rongotai, Wellington. A frieze depicted the progress of New Zealand, groupings of pioneers, lions in Art Deco style,"
"Tetiaroa Teti'aroa is an atoll in the Windward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territorial collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Once the vacation spot for Tahitian royalty, the motus' inside is under a 99-year lease contracted by Marlon Brando. Teti'aroa is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of 'Ārue, whose main part is in the northeastern part of Tahiti. The atoll is located north of Tahiti. The atoll has a total surface area of ; approximately of sand divided by 12 motus (islets) with varying surface areas. The lagoon is approximately wide and deep."
"States that led to the sale of the Ryan factory in October 1930. Lindbergh's successful trans-Atlantic flight led to a slightly modified Ryan Brougham being ordered for the first attempted trans-tasman flight between Australia and New Zealand. Named 'Aotearoa', the Māori name for New Zealand, and crewed by New Zealanders John Moncrieff and George Hood the aircraft left Richmond, near Sydney on 10 January 1928, on a flight expected to take about 14 hours. Radio signals were heard from the 'Aotearoa' for 12 hours before abruptly ceasing. The aviators failed to arrive in New Zealand, and no trace of them"
"the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa is a Māori name for New Zealand), and again in 2014 to New Zealand Republic. It participated in the Building the Constitution conference held in 2000, putting forward three recommendations: greater civics education, considering republicanism as an option and continued facilitation of the republic debate. The group was unrelated to the former Republican Association of New Zealand (sometimes called the Republican Movement as well), although Bruce Jesson was a member until his death in 1999. The group attracted controversy in 2008 by expressing disappointment that no member of the Royal Family attended"
"part of the island of Futuna, and Alo, on the island of Alofi and on the eastern part of the island of Futuna. The current co-claimant to the title King of Uvea are Felice Tominiko Halagahu and Patalione Kanimoa, the current King of Alo is Filipo Katoa and the current King of Sigave is Eufenio Takala. They have been reigning since 2016. The territory was annexed by the French Republic in 1888, and was placed under the authority of another French colony, New Caledonia. The inhabitants of the islands voted in a 1959 referendum to become an overseas collectivity of"
"named it ""Staten Land"" ""in honour of the States General"" (Dutch parliament). He wrote, ""it is possible that this land joins to the Staten Land but it is uncertain"", referring to a landmass of the same name at the southern tip of South America, discovered by Jacob Le Maire in 1616. In 1645, Dutch cartographers renamed the land ""Nova Zeelandia"" after the Dutch province of Zeeland. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand. ""Aotearoa"" (pronounced ; often translated as ""land of the long white cloud"") is the current Māori name for New Zealand. It is unknown"
"Te Pupū""""E hū rā i Tongariro, ka mahana i taku kiri.""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCb57yZ5C3c Ngātoro-i-rangi In Māori tradition, Ngātoro-i-rangi (Ngātoro) is the name of a tohunga (priest) prominent during the settling of Aotearoa (New Zealand ) by the Māori people, who came from the mythical homeland Hawaiki. Ngātoro-i-rangi was the son of Rakauri and Hineruarangi and was raised at Te Vaitoa in Rangiātea. He was descended from the Ngāti Ohomairangi tribe and was direct successor to the high priest of Taputapuatea marae at Rangiātea. He also had ancestral connections to Aitutaki, Rarotonga, Rangiātea (Raiatea) and other islands in the area. He was trained"
"Akaroa Harbour Akaroa Harbour is part of Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It enters from the southern coast of the peninsula, heading in a predominantly northerly direction. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for ""Long Harbour"". Ōnawe Peninsula is at the head of the harbour, the former site of a Māori pā. The entire harbour is the caldera of an extinct volcano. The towns or settlements of Akaroa, Duvauchelle, Barrys Bay, French Farm and Wainui lie on the shoreline of the harbour. Cruise ships occasionally enter the harbour, with the passengers visiting Akaroa. The Akaroa"
"Taiaroa Head Taiaroa Head is a headland at the end of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbour. It lies within the city limits of Dunedin. The nearest settlement, Otakou, lies three kilometres to the south. The cape is home to a lighthouse, built in 1864, and a colony of over 100 northern royal albatrosses, which established itself in 1919 - the only such colony on an inhabited mainland. There is also the Royal Albatross Centre. The headland is named for Te Matenga Taiaroa, a 19th-century Māori chief of the Ngai Tahu iwi. Pukekura,"
"of the monitoring system. Moruroa Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about southeast of Tahiti. Administratively Moruroa Atoll is part of the commune of Tureia, which includes the atolls of Tureia, Fangataufa, Tematangi and Vanavana. France undertook nuclear weapon tests between 1966 and 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa, causing international protests, notably in 1974 and 1995. The number of tests performed have been variously reported as 175 and 181. Even though ancient Polynesians knew Mururoa Atoll by"
"Horohoro, New Zealand Horohoro is a farming district (or rural community) south-west of Rotorua, New Zealand. Horohoro is a prominent landmark in the Rotorua area: a flat topped mountain with perpendicular cliffs. It is the traditional home of Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara whose ancestors related an incident in which Kahumatamomoe, a Te Arawa chief, washed his hands in a stream at the northern end of the Horohoro mountain. Hence the full name of the mountain is Te Horohoroinga o ngā ringa o Kahumatamomoe. Horohoro was one of the first areas in Āpirana Ngata’s 1929 land development scheme, which established farms"
"well as other aspects of Māori life would disappear. In the 1980s however, government-sponsored schools taught ""te reo"", educating those of European descent as well as Māori. Māori cultural history is inextricably tied into the culture of Polynesia as a whole. Aotearoa (New Zealand) is the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaii islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in southeastern Asia 5,000 years"
"does everything in the house, occupied with his children and grandparents. When they finish school, he will urge them to continue their studies...” Petelo Sea Petelo Sea was, from 2014 to 2016, ""tuiagaifo"" (king) of the Kingdom of Alo, one of the three traditional kingdoms located in the French Overseas Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. On 14 January 2014, Petelo Sea was agreed upon as the candidate of the Talise clan and the Matakaviki family to the Council of Chiefs of Alo, for the kingship, following four years of negotiations between prominent local families to fill the vacancy created by"
"Moruroa Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about southeast of Tahiti. Administratively Moruroa Atoll is part of the commune of Tureia, which includes the atolls of Tureia, Fangataufa, Tematangi and Vanavana. France undertook nuclear weapon tests between 1966 and 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa, causing international protests, notably in 1974 and 1995. The number of tests performed have been variously reported as 175 and 181. Even though ancient Polynesians knew Mururoa Atoll by the ancestral name of"
"now the property of French Polynesia. Many important archaeological sites have been located, identified, and studied on Teti'aroa. Thus, the historical significance of Teti'aroa to the people and the government of French Polynesia continue to make future development questionable at best. Wanting to live on the atoll, Brando built a small village on Motu Onetahi in 1970. It consisted of an airstrip to get there without breaching the reef, 12 simple bungalows, a kitchen hut, dining hall and bar, all built from local materials - coconut wood, thatch roofs and even large sea shells for sinks. The village became a"
"for a small rural town or locality in New Zealand. New Zealand place names Most New Zealand place names are derived from Māori and British sources. Both groups used names to commemorate notable people, events, places from their homeland, and their ships, or to describe the surrounding area. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans, but post-colonisation the name ""Aotearoa"" (commonly translated as 'long white cloud') has been used to refer to the whole country. Dutch cartographers named the islands ""Nova Zeelandia,"" the Latin translation of the Dutch"
"to Australia by the Swedish geographer and cartographer Daniel Djurberg in 1776. Djurberg adapted the name from ""Olhemaroa"", a Maori word found in Hawkesworth's edition of Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks' journals which is thought to have been a misunderstood translation the Maori were actually referring to ""Grand Terre"", the largest island of New Caledonia. Djurberg believed the name meant something like ""big red land"", whereas modern linguists believe it meant ""long hand"" echoing the geography of Grand Terre. The spurious name continued to be reproduced on certain European maps, particularly some Austrian, Czech, German and Swedish maps,"
"Petelo Sea Petelo Sea was, from 2014 to 2016, ""tuiagaifo"" (king) of the Kingdom of Alo, one of the three traditional kingdoms located in the French Overseas Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. On 14 January 2014, Petelo Sea was agreed upon as the candidate of the Talise clan and the Matakaviki family to the Council of Chiefs of Alo, for the kingship, following four years of negotiations between prominent local families to fill the vacancy created by the abdication of Petelo Vikena. At the meeting in the village of Ono, where kava roots, an important customary symbol, were present, Petelo"
"Bora Bora (Anau) can be seen from Uturoa. Popular sports in Uturoa include football and basketball. Due to high rates of tourism, water sports are also popular in Uturoa, including sailing, jet skiing, water skiing, kayaking, windsurfing and fishing. Uturoa Uturoa is a commune of French Polynesia and an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Uturoa is located on the island of Raiatea in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands, of which Uturoa is the administrative capital. The Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands, and Uturoa is the main port of Raiatea Island. During August"
"Uturoa Uturoa is a commune of French Polynesia and an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Uturoa is located on the island of Raiatea in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands, of which Uturoa is the administrative capital. The Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands, and Uturoa is the main port of Raiatea Island. During August of 2007, the urban area of Uturoa had 8,735 inhabitants, 3,778 of whom lived in Uturoa proper. Uturoa is about 120 mi (200 km) northwest of Papeete, the Tahitian capital. Sylviane Terooatea won re-election for mayor in 2014. Raiatea"
"on Māori land a farming district. Horohoro, New Zealand Horohoro is a farming district (or rural community) south-west of Rotorua, New Zealand. Horohoro is a prominent landmark in the Rotorua area: a flat topped mountain with perpendicular cliffs. It is the traditional home of Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara whose ancestors related an incident in which Kahumatamomoe, a Te Arawa chief, washed his hands in a stream at the northern end of the Horohoro mountain. Hence the full name of the mountain is Te Horohoroinga o ngā ringa o Kahumatamomoe. Horohoro was one of the first areas in Āpirana Ngata’s 1929"
"New Zealand place names Most New Zealand place names are derived from Māori and British sources. Both groups used names to commemorate notable people, events, places from their homeland, and their ships, or to describe the surrounding area. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans, but post-colonisation the name ""Aotearoa"" (commonly translated as 'long white cloud') has been used to refer to the whole country. Dutch cartographers named the islands ""Nova Zeelandia,"" the Latin translation of the Dutch ""Nieuw Zeeland"" (after the Dutch province of Zeeland). British explorer"
"eight of Marlon Brando's eleven children are involved in the project. Waltzing with Brando by Bernard Judge Tetiaroa Teti'aroa is an atoll in the Windward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territorial collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Once the vacation spot for Tahitian royalty, the motus' inside is under a 99-year lease contracted by Marlon Brando. Teti'aroa is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of 'Ārue, whose main part is in the northeastern part of Tahiti. The atoll is located north of Tahiti. The atoll has a total surface area of ; approximately of"
"fautasi (longboat). Paepaeoulupo'o and Paepaeala are the names of the village malae. Aua, American Samoa Aua is a village on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. It is located along American Samoa Highway 001, and is the southern terminus of American Samoa Highway 006. Corals off the village of Aua have been subject of what’s thought to be the world’s longest running reef survey. It has attracted scientists from throughout the world every year since 1917. In 1917 Alfred G. Mayer from the Carnegie Institution for Science established what has now become the oldest periodically re-surveyed coral-reef transect in the world"
"Aotea Centre The Aotea Centre is a performing arts and events centre / theatre in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. Located at the western edge of Aotea Square, off Queen Street, the centre provides cultural venue space in the heart of the city and is managed by Regional Facilities Auckland (which also operates the Auckland Town Hall and the Auckland Civic Theatre, both close by around the square). The origin of its name is Motu Aotea, the Māori name for Great Barrier Island, which is the largest offshore island of New Zealand and approximately 90 km from downtown"
"Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (), officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy (), called Ouanalao by the indigenous people, is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies. Often abbreviated to ""St-Barth"" in French, and St. Barths or St. Barts in English, the island lies about southeast of St. Martin and north of St. Kitts. Puerto Rico is to the west in the Greater Antilles. Saint Barthélemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. In 2003, the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe in order"
"Auckland, was forced to put into Akaroa to repair a damaged rudder. Forty one of the ""Monarch""'s passengers decided to remain at Akaroa. Even though the French were far outnumbered by the British, Akaroa still had a pleasantly foreign air when the first of the Canterbury Association's settlers visited it in 1851, finding in its long-settled look and in its natural beauty of its surroundings a delightful contrast to the bleak hills of Lyttelton and the swamp wastes of Christchurch. An earthquake with magnitude 7.1 occurred in the South Island, New Zealand at Saturday 04:35 am local time, 4 September"